Guild Wars 2

“Be excellent to each other. And… PARTY ON, DUDES!” – Abraham Lincoln

I just wanted to offer a couple of ideas on how we can be most excellent to one another as players and open up to other ideas. >;+)

One way, when you see a downed player, revive them. Not only will they be grateful you get some XP.

Help slay when the wild things attack, you get XP (and maybe loot) while helping someone who also gets XP (and maybe loot)! Oh, and there’s no steal killing in GW2!

If you see someone looking for help in chat, msg if you know. Some of these Points of Interests or Visages are hard to get to and are not intuitively listed on the map.

Party on, dudes.

“Z”

Things that all GW2 players seem to do instinctively already.

^ Well most anyway! lol

That’s been my experience thus far as well, save for some Barrens chat.

Most do these things but there have been several cases of those who don’t that I’d thought I’d mention it. >;+)

Especially important with big bad boss fights. I mean it really benefits you to be helpful, like reviving, a thing GW2 has done right!

“Z”

I’m sorry Zason, but Abraham Lincoln didn’t say that. It was George Carlin.

Answering questions is really important; maybe more than rezzing. Just keep an eye on the map chat and help a few people out. It’s the right thing to do.

I’ll be honest, I very seldom report people speaking in chat, because I really don’t want to see anyone lose their account, or even get a 3 day time out; and I never do it from an overflow simply because I know different servers develop different social mores — people who play on the 4-Chan server are not going to have the same chat protocols as people who play on the official RP server. But, Sorrows Furnace is my home and I don’t want the truly offensive people in my home, so I do report from there. Just something to think about.

Aye.8392:

I’m sorry Zason, but Abraham Lincoln didn’t say that. It was George Carlin.

Incorrect, at least the first sentence. I honestly can’t recall if Rufus said it or not, but Abe Lincoln DEFINITELY did. :P

Answering questions is really important; maybe more than rezzing. Just keep an eye on the map chat and help a few people out. It’s the right thing to do.

I’ll be honest, I very seldom report people speaking in chat, because I really don’t want to see anyone lose their account, or even get a 3 day time out; and I never do it from an overflow simply because I know different servers develop different social mores — people who play on the 4-Chan server are not going to have the same chat protocols as people who play on the official RP server. But, Sorrows Furnace is my home and I don’t want the truly offensive people in my home, so I do report from there. Just something to think about.

I have map chat hiding in its own tab and I only look at it when all my friends are offline. It’s absolutely awful at all times. I don’t report chat, not because I feel bad about it (?!?) like you, but because it’s useless. GM’s never do anything about it (least of all notify you when they’ve taken action) so it’s easier just to block them. That’s what it’s there for after all.

I really enjoy how people work together anywhere at anytime in PvE.

I have noticed occasionally that someone will run to a different mob rather than helping me kill something, either instinctively from other MMO experiences, or they just don’t know any better.

I’ve even seen people run up to a harvesting node at the same time, and then turn around and run off because they think I “tagged” it already. It doesn’t happen often, but it does happen.

They’ll figure it out eventually.

Aye.8392:

I’m sorry Zason, but Abraham Lincoln didn’t say that. It was George Carlin.

I remember it as Lincoln saying it right before the closing credits, no?

Stillhart.2731:

I don’t report chat, not because I feel bad about it (?!?) like you, but because it’s useless. GM’s never do anything about it (least of all notify you when they’ve taken action) so it’s easier just to block them.

I’m pretty sure GM’s can’t notify anyone regarding another account. I also don’t think it’s fair to assume they don’t do anything about it, it just may not be immediate because, well, that’s probably not practical.

Its everyone’s social obligation to act on improprieties against TOS/Code of Conduct and community standards with the goal of first, correcting the member’s behaviour and keeping them in the community and lastly, removing them if they are intent on being disruptive. You’re doing them and everyone else a favour, especially if you happen to help keep a small problem from becoming a big one (and they tend to do that).

Grace…peace…mercy…profit!

I am eternally thankful to the people who have pointed me at start points for POIs and Vistas.
And I’ve been reporting- I may not see the end result, but the more people that do, the less often we have to.